Impedance index or standard anthropometric measurements, which is the better variable for predicting fat-free mass in sick children?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 869-873

  Dung, Nguyen Quang ^a   Fusch, Gerhard ^a   Armbrust, Sven ^a   Jochum, Frank ^a   Fusch, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body composition; Body weight; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Predictive value

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 34249785413     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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